Brendle Farms


Brendle Farms, also known as the Alexander Schaeffer Farm and Sheetz Farm, is a historic home and farm located at Schaefferstown in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1750, and is a -story, Swiss bank house with a large arched wine cellar and distillery. Also on the property are a contributing bank barn, stone pigsty, limestone smokehouse, wheat barn, and wagon shed and corn crib. A second -story dwelling is located on the Lower Farm, along with a Swiss bank barn. The house is part of the Historic Schaefferstown museum.
Brendle Farm was added to the National [Register of Historic Places] in 1972. The Schaeffer House located on the Upper Farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011.